Pictured here is the vehicle that rolled eight times before coming to a stop along the Florida Turnpike. Clarkston native David Kouri ­— a Key West police officer — and his colleague, Rich Thomas, helped save the driver in this car. (Photo provided by the Key West Police Department Facebook page)

Clarkston native David Kouri, 27, held this unidentified victim’s neck straight while he waited for paramedics to arrive following a Jan. 5 wreck along the Florida Turnpike. (Photo provided by Ron Kouri)

It was a week after Clarkston native David Kouri helped save a driver on the Florida Turnpike when his mom heard about his heroic deed.

“He’s always been humble — it really didn’t surprise me that he didn’t mention it,” said Diane Kouri, adding that her son — a Clarkston High School alumnus and former member of the Navy — is now a Key West, Fla., marine patrol police officer.

“To him, it was just a regular day.”

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David Kouri, 27, and his colleague, Rich Thomas, were taking the turnpike Jan. 5 to a firearms certification training session in Orlando, Fla., when they saw a banged-up vehicle on the side of the expressway. It had rolled eight times before coming to a stop, said witnesses to the accident.

The men rushed to the smoking car to assist the still-alert, trapped driver.

“The officers immediately climbed into the car to secure the victim, supporting his neck and spine and assuring he was able to breathe,” said a Key West Police Department report on social media, which noted the driver had major head injuries. “Officer Kouri supported the victim’s neck and spine (and) Officer Thomas held the injured man’s hand, continuously reassuring him.”

Both officers stayed where they were until paramedics arrived and extricated the victim using the Jaws of Life. Emergency responders then transported the injured man to the hospital, said the report.

“This quick action helped stabilize the patient in those few and crucial moments until rescue could arrive with the equipment necessary to pull the man out of the crushed metal and glass,” officials added.

The victim, who was not identified, survived, said Florida Highway Patrol officers.

The Key West officers, who are both highly trained in emergency medical services, carry medical equipment with them most of the time, said David’s dad, Ron.

“They were more than prepared. They were even ready to administer an I-V,” he said.

The love of law enforcement runs in the Kouri family. Ron, 65, is a retired Pontiac Police Department detective.

The elder Kouri — who noted his son is also a trained SWAT team member — said David was so enthusiastic about the armed forces when he was a high school student in Clarkston that he transferred to Key West in his senior year to join a “deferred entry” program.

“Four days after his eighteenth birthday, he joined the Navy,” Ron said. “We sent him on a train to the Naval Academy in Chicago, and he moved back to Key West after serving there. ... I think the allure was the beautiful weather and the fishing.”

Now, said Ron, David works on a boat for the Key West Police Department’s Marine Patrol Unit.

“It’s like paradise for him,” he said.

His mother, who said her son was in the right place at the right time, said her son is a humble man who was always looking out for others — even when he was a kid.

“I remember when (David) and (Ron) were going to a nursing home to visit a family member … Dave was 8 or 9 years old ... while they were visiting, one of the residents’ slippers had come off and she was trying to wiggle it back on,” said Diane. “(David) got down on his knees and put her slipper on for her. He’s always been like that.”